Wednesday 30 April 2025
April Tourmalet. A bit of snow left, but crazy hot (for time of year) so in summer kit! Didn't even feel too bad! 
Friday 25 April 2025
Decided mid-ride to add more kays but didn't bring enough fuel. Luckily this is why the patisserie was invented!
Friday 18 April 2025
Atop a random climb I didn't bother going up before. Nice view up here but road a bit sketchy on the descent. Doh! 
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Beautiful spring day for the Col de Spandelles. Hardly anyone else on the road up here. Doesn't get much better! 
Tuesday 1 April 2025
Spectacular spring day up the Aspin. Rarely stop on the descent but had to capture snowy peaks under that blue sky!
Friday 24 January 2025
24th Jan... Col d'Aspin... shorts. No wonder someone has a stupid cheesy grin on their face!
Thursday 5 December 2024
December Tourmalet. But crazy weather means on bike, not skis! Little snow on the road but no probs. Stunning day!
Friday 29 November 2024
Col du Tourmalet. In shorts. On 29 Nov. Beautiful, crazy warm day!
Monday 18 November 2024
When it's grey down low... ride the Tourmalet! Warm & sunny from La Mongie & above. Crazy temps up here for mid Nov!
Friday 11 October 2024
Finally a blue sky day for my visiting mate. Peyresourde, Peyragudes & Superbagneres. Oh yeah!
Tuesday 8 October 2024
When your friend's luggage beats him through French customs. Lucky there's nothing exy in this unattended box!
Friday 27 September 2024
Home sweet home. Blue skies at the Col d'Aspin & noodle soup for lunch. Ahhhhhhh.... 
Sunday 15 September 2024
Last Tourmalet of Summer. Booooo! Perfect day for it, and don't worry - autumn riding here is pretty good too!
Tuesday 27 August 2024
Blue sky Tourmalet tonne (& a bit)... what a day!
Friday 19 July 2024
Last Pyrenees Cycl'n Trip bike only morning this year. Aubisque & Soulor. Magical climb through & above the clouds!
Monday 15 July 2024
When mountains are your playground! Peyresourde & altiport bike only morning + few more climbs seeing as I'm here
Saturday 13 July 2024
Obligatory TdF day ride up the Tourmalet. Usual madness & great atmosphere, although it looks oddly quiet here!
Wednesday 10 July 2024
Spotted in Barbazan-Dessus... flagon of wine on the rack, bottle in the back pocket. Did well to make it this far!
Sunday 30 June 2024
TdF Grand Depart is in Italy this year so... topical post ride refreshments while watching today's stage. Cheers!
Sunday 30 June 2024
Sunday 2 gorges ride... but I've a feeling we're not in Sydney anymore! Lot valley to Gorge du Tarn & back.
Friday 28 June 2024
Great ride up Lacets de Montvernier & Col du Chaussy, but no views from either. Doh! Few nice shots later on though.
Thursday 27 June 2024
Telegraphe & Galibier. Huge snow wall at the summit. Rest much prettier than I imagined. Descent ain't bad either!
Monday 24 June 2024
Today's ride: Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard. 40km climb from Aosta to frozen lake, down Swiss side & back. Spectacular!
Saturday 22 June 2024
Today's ride: Little pootle in the hills above Lake Maggiore. Always beautiful... and even the weather came good!
Thursday 20 June 2024
HC climb to Prato Nevso on an overcast day... no, in drizzle... no, in torrential rain! At least it was warm-ish
Thursday 20 June 2024
Sometimes it's just nice to know you're not the slowest on the mountain...
Tuesday 18 June 2024
Tourrettes-sur-Loup, Col de Vence - no pics as no view from top - & the spectacular Gorges du Loup. Awesome ride!
Monday 17 June 2024
Tootle in hills of the French Riviera. Some seriously steep pinches here... 29% max! Few nice views, but a bit busy.
Saturday 15 June 2024
Nice little square in the village of Collobrieres & Lac de Carces from today's somewhat longer ride.
Friday 14 June 2024
Pretty cool bike path near Sommieres... and a quick look at the village itself on today's short loop.
Wednesday 5 June 2024
Spectacular spin up & down Valle de Tena (+ side routes). Stopped for, like, a million photos... here's just a few!
Monday 3 June 2024
Short hike-a-bike today, to the spectacular Laguna Negra. Wow! Then up to Puerto de Santa Ines because... why not?
Sunday 2 June 2024
Bit of hike-a-bike on today's ride: well worth climbing up to Mirador de Castroviejo! Then home via the lake shore
Friday 31 May 2024
Puerto Herrera: a nice little pinch - see road sign in background Blast home past poppy fields & the odd castle!
Thursday 30 May 2024
Little spin in the Obarenes Mountains. Views over La Rioja before heading into the clouds! Spain in June - brrrrr!
Tuesday 28 May 2024
Seems to be a pattern forming: I go riding & someone uses that as an excuse to buy cake. Not that I'm complaining!
Tuesday 28 May 2024
Today's ride: beautiful Basque loop. Plenty of little villages, lush forests & of course not a flat road in sight!
Sunday 21 April 2024
Tourmalet is pretty bleak at best of times. No snow walls for year's 1st ascent so even more so #CanOnlyGetBetter
Saturday 13 April 2024
Today's ride: random cruise exploring new parts of the Pyrenean foothills. Great day to ride like a tourist
Thursday 11 April 2024
When you get home from a 100km ride & are handed this giant pastry before even getting off the bike. Nom! 
Monday 25 December 2023
Fab Xmas day in the Pyrenees. Unseasonably warm so no skiing, but great tonne on the bike before festivities. Cheers!
Sunday 17 December 2023
Today's ride: Col d'Aspin in the snow, under blue skies. Beautiful conditions!
Sunday 10 December 2023
Local roads most tourists & Le Tour would probably never consider. Just paradise! Especially on a sunny autumn day
Saturday 18 November 2023
Today's ride: a very slow Col du Tourmalet. In shorts. On November 18! Ski season in 2 weeks? Not looking likely!
Friday 13 October 2023
Seems like last day of summer riding weather here. Once past a bit of traffic was beautiful up at Lac d'Estaing!
Wednesday 11 October 2023
Today's ride: possibly last Tourmalet of the season? Looking a bit autumnal despite 34C max temp. Crazy hot October!
Monday 9 October 2023
Today's ride: home sweet home!
Friday 6 October 2023
Obligatory beach ride-by, Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Nice, but getting out of here through traffic chaos is 'interesting'
Thursday 5 October 2023
Coastal start today then a few inland cols, which while only babies still got me above the clouds. Always special.
Tuesday 3 October 2023
On this morning's ride... dreamy descent from Alto de Las Coronas. Autumn conditions don't get much better!
